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A64724
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The unnatural mother the scene in the kingdom of Siam : as it is now acted at the new theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's servants / written by a young lady.
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Young lady.; Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724. Distress'd innocence.
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1698
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Wing U87; ESTC R34686
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wavering Heart Enter Cemat Welcome Cemat thou' rt come the very minute I was wishing for thee Cem. aside So I find all safe enough yet What to dispatch my gay young Rival is it not To her Call I charge thee touch him not no no Cemat I have another Game to play in which you must assist Cem. aside Plague on this Disappointment that it should be my Rival too I must keep out of sight if they see me all my Designs on my Sister may be prevented Call Thou mind'st me not what ailst ' Cemat Cem. I do Madam most heedfully pray go on and tell me what it is you 'd have me do Call A matter which you with greatest ease may compass a Dose of Poison for my Husband Cemat starts What dost thou start at dar'st thou not undertake what I dare project Do you but procure it the rest I 'll see perform'd Cem. I 'm only vex'd to be outdone in Wickedness you have it 〈◊〉 me but the reason for it Call It is for thy advantage and my happiness this wise Munzuffer this wondrous Young-man love mes Cemat and would marry me were Pechai but remov'd out of the way and then without controul thou maist have Bebbemeah Cem. pulls out of Vial and gives her I have alwaies such a necessary thing at hand take this and in his Coffee give him just ten drops I dare engage my Life 't will do his business the Operation will be very speedy Call It must be so or I shall have Munzuffer snatch'd from me I 'le lose no time but instantly about it Exit Call Cemat solus This honest old virtuous Fool I 've alwaies been in fear of I 'm glad he 's so disposed like the fierce Ranger of the Libian Desarts I now will reign without controul in my Pleasures I am my Mothers Son I dare to swear but sure Choufera's no Child of hers Virtue Modesty and Goodness thank Pluto were never Attributes of our Family I must take new measures with this skittish Girl pretend Penitence and beg her Pardon I shall never else get another opportunity she so carefully aviods me I see her coming I 'le abscond till I have secur'd her to hear me speak He absconds Enter Choufera Chouf Where shall I go to give my Sorrows vent and ease my poor sunk Heart opprest with Grief and Sadness I have no Friend to pour out my Complaints to O happy Bebbemeah happy lucky Sister I 'le not disturb thy Joys with the unfortunate Story of my Woes I know so well thou lov'st Choufera thou'd pity her more than a Rival ought Cem. aside This is a Secret may be of use to me Hark! she goes on Chouf Take back good Gods the hated Life you lent let me not live to a long Age of endless Misery What a false Notion is it that no one loves but hopes alas I have not one to save me falling into the deep Abyss of horrid dark Despair Unhappy Maid thou canst have no Relief from any thing but Death Cem. shews himself Why talks Choufera of Death Tell me my dearest Sister who has wrong'd thee thy Brother wears a Sword will right thy Injuries Chouf aside I hope he has not o'erheard me To him 'T is thou thy self most wicked man be gone or I will publish thy impious Crime and make thee abhorr'd as much as thou deserv'st Cem. I have a Secret Madam of yours in keeping you would not be well pleas'd I should discover you love Munzuffer Choufera nay blush not 't is no Crime Chouf Still still unlucky in all I say or do Cem. Choufera say not that you have no Friend you shall always find a true one of your Brother distrust me not I would redeem the Injuries I intended thee with the last drop of all my Blood I come to ask your Pardon for my rash Attempt which thus I humbly beg kneels believe these Tears weeps my Soul 's all Penitence and take me to your Mercy Chouf Rise Cemat I do forgive you ask it of Heaven 't was a most foul Attempt and not a common Sin Cem. weeping I do most earnestly and beg you will not name it any more I 'm all Confusion at the thoughts of it tho' Heaven and you 're so good to pardon me I never shall forgive my self Chouf O Cemat thou know'st the only Secret of my Life keep it I charge thee as you would one that would betray thy Liberty or Life Cem. My Life is but a Trifle I would give that to expiate my Offence rely on me and if I can without a Crime make Munzuffer yours it shall be done Chouf O no I would not injure Bebbemeah's Happiness to gain my own she lov'd him with a boundless Passion before I saw him he is her Due my Fate 's unalterable I wish for nothing but a Grave to hide my Sorrows in Exit Cem. laughs Ha ha ha poor easie Fool to believe he who dar'd to offer such a Violence can so soon repent I 'll flatter her in her love for Munzuffer that will be one way to get my self into her good Opinion which I must be possess'd of to get her in my power Exit Cemat Scene draws discovers Pechai in torment as poyson'd Sennorat Munzuffer Bebbemeah Pech Throw me in Ice and cover me with Snow to cool this raging Fever in my Bowels I 'm all in flames I burn I burn convey me to the River Menam where I may quench my most immoderate thirst Enter hastily Callapia Choufera Call Run for Physicians let no Art be spar'd to save my dearest Husband 's precious Life O most unfortunate Callapia I 'll not out-live my dearest Lord but perish with his Ashes Pech A Chill now runs through all my Veins Agues and Fevers successively by turns torture my perishing Entrails O lay me lay me in the hot Beams of the most scorching Sun or plunge me in the Streams of boyling Phlegeton I 'm now again on fire Sennorat Munzuffer Wife Daughter all all help to quench me I feel a Numbness seize on all my Limbs and Death steal gently on me I am now at ease Beb. O most unhappy day of all my Life my dearest tenderest Father give me your Blessing e're your Soul departs Pech Thou hast it Child My Lord Sennorat take her to your Care and when my Funeral Obsequies are over give her to Munzuffer farewel a long farewel to all Dies Call O stay and take me with you He 's gone he 's gone and I will follow him Swoons Senn. Look to the Lady there bow her and give her Air dry up thy Tears Bebbemeah I 'll be a Father to thee we must submit to the Decrees of Fate do not afflict thy self for what thy Tears can never bring thee back Call comes to her self What have you done with him Oh let me bath his cold dead Cheeks in the warm Torrent of my boundless Tears Swoons again Senn. Carry her to her Apartment True Grief is seldom thus